WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.90 million viewers on Fox per Nielsen via Television By Numbers. The ratings reflect a drop from last week’s debut. Friday night saw a 1.0 rating in the A18-49 and a 6 share in the overall audience. The telecast is down from last Friday’s 3.87M viewers. This week CBS ruled […]
Cain Velasquez leaves UFC, signs with WWE
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez has signed with World Wrestling Entertainment and has retired from the UFC. Velasquez made an appearance on WWE’s Friday Night Smackdown Premiere when he came out with Rey Mysterio to confront Brock Lesnar. At a press conference on Friday, it was announced that Velasquez had signed with the promotion […]
AEW draws over 1 million viewers for second episode on TNT
The second episode of All Elite Wrestling declined in ratings from its debut but still remained over 1 million viewers. In comparison, NXT on USA at the same time was down in ratings to 790,000 viewers. NXT drew 890,000 viewers last week in its first show going to two hours to compete with AEW on […]
More documents from UFC antitrust hearing reveal Joe Silva’s negotiations
More documents were reveled recently in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit. The documents reveal email communications between Joe Silva and managers regarding contract negotiations for fighters. Overall, it would be hard to call it “negotiations” as the UFC flexed its leverage over fighters in making them capitulate. In one exchange, Silva has a back and forth […]
Plaintiffs in UFC Antitrust Lawsuit file Opposition to Zuffa’s appeal for use of Silva testimony
The Plaintiffs in the UFC Antitrust Lawsuit have filed an Opposition to Zuffa’s Motion for Reconsideration of the inclusion of testimony from Joe Silva. The Court had sided with Plaintiffs in preventing Silva to testify about wage share at his evidentiary hearing last month. Zuffa filed a Motion for Reconsideration seeking that Judge Boulware rethink […]